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Google Sues SerpApi for Scraping Search Data

12/20/2025

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  • Google LLC filed a lawsuit against SerpApi, a data-licensing company, accusing it of scraping and reselling its search results in violation of law and Google's terms.
  • The action signals Google's effort to protect search data crucial for artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
  • SerpApi previously faced legal challenges and developed SearchGuard to bypass restrictions.
  • Despite protections, SerpApi allegedly masks automated queries as human traffic to evade safeguards.